Frogs: Friends, fortune, or foes ?

Frogs: Friends, fortune, or foes ?

While Leap Day for Frogs does highlight the threats to these creatures, it also celebrates them and creates an appreciation for them, which is the first step towards recognising their importance.

Hidden in the golden sands of time

Hidden in the golden sands of time

In 2021, a group of intrepid explorers from the Endangered Wildlife Trust embarked on a quest through the drylands of the Northern Cape to find something far more precious than gold.

Science Snippets: Wildlife Ranches

Science Snippets: Wildlife Ranches

Within South Africa, approximately 20 million hectares of land are dedicated to wildlife ranching. Wildlife ranches can be defined as areas of private land that use wildlife-based activities for income generation. In a recently published paper co-authored by EWT scientists*, the owners and managers of 226 wildlife ranches were interviewed to discover the potential for species conservation hidden within South Africa’s game ranches.